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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives Australian TGA Approval for TRIKAFTA® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) to Treat People With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 12 Years and Older Who Have At Least One F508del Mutation
- With this approval approximately 750 people living with cystic fibrosis in Australia will be newly eligible for a CFTR modulator therapy - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 24, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in Combination With Ivacaftor to Treat People With Cystic Fibrosis With At Least One F508del Mutation
- If approved, people ages 12 years and older who have one copy of the F508del mutation and a gating (F/G) or residual function (F/RF) mutation will now be eligible for triple combination therapy - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 26, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Announce First-Quarter 2021 Financial Results on April 29
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 19, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its first-quarter 2021 financial results on Thursday, April 29, 2021 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:30 p.m. ET .
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics Amend Collaboration for Development, Manufacturing and Commercialization of CTX001™ in Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia
- Under terms of amended agreement, Vertex to lead worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization of CTX001- - Revised agreement provides Vertex with 60% and CRISPR with 40% of program economics- - CRISPR to receive $900 million upfront payment with potential for additional $200 million
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Toggle Summary Vertex and Obsidian Therapeutics Establish Collaboration to Discover Novel Therapies That Regulate Gene Editing
- Multi-year strategic research collaboration leverages Obsidian’s proprietary cytoDRiVE® platform to discover controllable genetic therapies to treat serious diseases - Vertex will pay Obsidian up to $75 million in equity, upfront payments and potential research milestones BOSTON & CAMBRIDGE,
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces NaV1.8 Inhibitor Advancing to Phase 2 Clinical Development
- Proof-of-concept studies of VX-548 in acute pain to initiate in the second half of the year - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 26, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will advance the selective   NaV1.8 inhibitor, VX-548, into Phase 2 clinical
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Toggle Summary Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation Granted by the European Medicines Agency to CTX001™ for Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia
BOSTON and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ZUG, Switzerland, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vertex  Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) and  CRISPR Therapeutics  (Nasdaq: CRSP) today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation to CTX001, an
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in Combination With Ivacaftor to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Patients 12 Years and Older With At Least One F508del Mutation in the CFTR gene
- New indication includes people ages 12 years and older who have one copy of the F508del mutation regardless of the other mutation type - - People with gating (F/G) or residual function (F/RF) mutations now eligible for the triple combination therapy - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports First-Quarter 2021 Financial Results
-Product revenues of $1.72 billion , a 14% increase compared to Q1 2020- - Company advancing clinical programs in six additional diseases beyond cystic fibrosis- -Multiple Phase 2 proof-of-concept study results expected in 2021 - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr.
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present at the Bank of America Securities 2021 Virtual Health Care Conference on May 13
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2021-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that management will present at the Bank of America Securities 2021 Virtual Health Care Conference on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:15 a.m. ET .
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